US EditionAs Iran strikes close Middle East airports, UK plans evacuation for tens of thousands
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is coordinating with airlines and regional governments while over 94,000 Britons have registered on the FCDO portal since Saturday evening.
- On Saturday, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office launched the biggest consular assistance operation in years to support at least 200,000 British nationals in the Gulf, and by Sunday afternoon more than 76,000 had registered to receive updates.
- After an air strike on Saturday that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran vowed retaliation with missiles targeting neighbours and US sites, causing civilian casualties and allied losses.
- Officials are drawing up evacuation plans covering air, land and sea, including land routes into Saudi Arabia, possible RAF flights, talks with Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Emirates, and coordination via a Whitehall crisis centre.
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farminglife.com‘Many thousands’ of people from NI in Middle East at risk from Iran – deputy FM
Emma Little-Pengelly said that stability in the Middle East ‘does not come from indulging extremism and terrorism’. It is believed there are “many, many thousands of people” from Northern Ireland in countries in the Middle East being targeted by Iran, Stormont’s deputy First minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said. Ms Little-Pengelly also said that stability in the Middle East “does not come from indulging extremism and terrorism”. Iran and Irani…
UK gov plans for evacuation from Middle East
British officials are studying plans to support, and even possibly evacuate, over 200,000 nationals stranded in the Gulf region following intense US-Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliatory attacks from Iran. Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed the estimate includes residents, holidaymakers, and transit travellers, with many concentrated in high-traffic locations like the UAE. Source
UK sending rapid teams to help 300,000 nationals in Gulf, says minister
LONDON, March 2 — British foreign minister Yvette Cooper said today that Britain was setting up support systems to help evacuate its citizens from the Gulf with an estimated 300,000 people living in the region.“We are looking at a wide range of options, working, crucially with the travel industry and with government evacuation if necessary,” Cooper told Sky News.The British government wanted airspace to be re-opened and it was sending rap…
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